So you don't own a golf cart, but feel enlightened enough to tell us that the gates are not beneficial for those of us who do and need to cross busy streets.
Right.

IN looking at the budget figures on Village Community Development Districts, I would say the cost for gate maintenance would be at least $500,000 per year as calculated in my previous post plus 13 - 24 hour staffed gates at 13x24x $10 per hour x 365 days = $1,138,800 plus 10 gates staffed at say ~1/2 that at 569,400 for a total of at least $1,708,200. Other cost would be utilities and other services so I would say that cost to man and maintain gates could easily be near 2.5 to 3 million per year.

follow this link for gate staffing information
Village Community Development Districts

Isn’t the purpose to make the cars STOP, not slow them down.

And to spread the cars out thereby giving those trying to cross a break in traffic to do so. A speed bump would slow cars a bit but would allow a steady stream of cars with no breaks.

Cars Come First
 

The gate us scheduled to close after each car goes thru. How many times to multiple cars go thru when the gate is up fir the car ahead? One car at a time, less gate crashes.

Gates aren't manned 24/7. Go thru the gates after midnight, and you'll see that there is no attendant.

IMHO, sometimes the gates are hard to see, even though they are red and white. For me, it appears that the horizontal bar just blends into the scenery, especially at the exit gates. I would prefer that they were shiny yellow and red like the bumpers and backs of the fire trucks and ambulances. Easier to see.

This is a silly post and response. On one hand they complain about how fast the golf carts drive, how many unsafe acts the bicyclists commit, cars driving in MMPs, and people feeling privileged. The gates are necessary because operating a vehicle causes problems or perceived problems. I

They put in the cameras exactly for this reason.The charge is $200 I believe. They have 2 guys whose full time job is to fix the gates.

The gates help space out traffic allowing bike cyclists, carts and pedestrians openings to cross. I have seen similar gates on on-ramps to interstates in densely populated urbane areas help space traffic.

There are cameras- video of the gate crashers
 

They catch them a lot because there are video cameras of the crashing !!

thank you for the information.

But since you don't own a cart, or use a cart, you, of course, see no benefit in the gates. Most residents of TV do use golf carts, and use them a lot. So those of us who do use golf carts a lot see everyday the value of having a gate arm come down and stop traffic in order to let at least one car across. During busy times, the carts would be backed up a long way waiting for a natural break in the stream of traffic. That's a fact.
I'm not "second guessing " you. I'm telling you you are just plain wrong in saying they don't help.

As far as the expense, using Two Plane Kid's numbers from the District site, of $3Million/year, and dividing it by the estimated 130,000 people who live in TV, that comes to about $23/year per person, or $46 per household.

Most of us are more than happy to pay that amount in order to have the cart traffic moving along, and don't mind the moment of inconvenience it causes us when we are in our cars.